All of the radial and facing changes, as I understand them, were to help add support for and improve support for controllers. Much of this functionality, I believe, is to make the Quality of Life (QoL) better for our gaming console brethren.
I have little love for these changes as I play on a PC with a mouse and keyboard. But in order for them to be able to market this beautiful game over multiple platforms, these changes were necessary. That these changes did make things better/easier for console players and controller users… I can forgive the changes “moving” of my own, personal “cheese.”
Terrible. Everyone agrees.
The only real boon out of the inventory changes and the UI overhaul was the adding of the “QuickStack” button.
These changes were not ideal. There are some who did ask for some of these features. But not at the expense of ease of use. Most of the players are against the Dye Crafting Aircraft Carrier and the need to “dip” your armor piece into the table.